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Burlingia ✝
| Description | Burlingia is a rare and diminutive genus of trilobite, that lived during the early to middle Middle Cambrian (Acadoparadoxides pinus- to Ptychagnostus punctuosus-zone). Species assigned to Burlingia have been found in Norway, Sweden, Northern Siberia, and South-eastern China. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlingia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proparia : Burlingiidae : Burlingia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Burlingia Walcott, 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 53 (2), no. 1805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Burlingiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlingia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Burlingia hectori ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Burlingia ovata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1908 | Burlingia Walcott p. 14 |
| 2002 | Burlingia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
